Michell C. Clark, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Management, Department of Education, vice William Leidinger.

Michael L. Dominguez, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, vice Charles S. Abell,
resigned.

Gary A. Grappo, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Sultanate
of Oman.

Bradford R. Higgins, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant
Secretary of State (Resource Management), vice Christopher Bancroft
Burnham.